Spencer is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,539 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spencer is the 253rd largest community in Tennessee.When you are in Spencer, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.77% of Spencer’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Spencer is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Spencer who work in healthcare suport services (10.82%), maintenance occupations (8.49%), and food service (6.49%). The overall crime rate in Spencer is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Spencer has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Spencer a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Spencer is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Spencer have a very low rate of college education: just 8.88% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Spencer in 2022 was $24,206, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,824 for a family of four. However, Spencer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Spencer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spencer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Spencer include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Spencer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
